I take mine out of iCloud - they have already uploaded (usually) by the time I get home and get settled. If you have your phone set to automatically upload to the cloud, you log in to iCloud.com, select the pictures you want to use, click the “download” icon at the top right (cloud with an arrow pointing down), and they will download to a zip file on your computer. Right click the zip file to extract the pics, then put them wherever it’s easiest for you to access (I split them out into separate folders by MS company, business name, date, and location).
@HonnyBrown - I really like your post and am going to give that method a try. Thank you for sharing